Saranac Seasons Best Nut Brown Lager

Brewed by Matt Brewing Company
Style: American Dark Lager
Utica, New York USA

"Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a pint glass. Appearance: The body had a nice deep brownish amber color with good clarity. Its head was light tan in color, big and think with very good retention. It also made lots of lacing on the glass. Smell: Its aroma has big, sweet and malty body with some light nutty and fruity notes. Taste/Mouth feel: The flavor has a solid toasted malty character with a mellow buttery/nutty presence. Hop flavor is modest, slightly floral, and adds just enough bitterness for some balance. The hops comes out more towards the finish which is fairly clean and somewhat dryer. The texture is wet and easy drinking with average carbonation and a medium body. Notes: Overall this is a solid ale and works well as one of Saranac’s Winter Seasonal beers. "

For Saranac this is a solid brew The color is an attractive dark red slightly translucent off white head good lacing The aroma is malty molasses fruit and nutty The flavor is malty brown sugar nutty A little bit of smoke is evident particularly in the aftertaste The finish has a slight but adequate bittering from hops and is a little spicy Medium mouthfeel Not bad at all

Bottle. Pours a clear dark amber brown with a thick off white head. Aroma of sweet fruits, raspberry jam, and malt. Flavor is of super sweet malt with some nuttiness. A little too sweet for me. Not something I would revisit.

Winter Welcome Toronto. Aroma of sweet mart and caramel, deep copper, small tan head. Taste has caramel, some malt. Light bodied, sweet. Pretty good. Thanks Radek Kliber.

copper pour with very small head. Aroma holds spice, hop, and some malt. Flavor is nicely bittered, with smoke, nut, and malt. Decent brew, solid offering from Saranac.

Bottle 355 ml, Appearance: amber-brown look with frothy, rocky creamy beige head. Mid lacing on top. 3+. Aroma: slightly smoky, chestnut, walnut with light hint of brown malts and boletus mushroom. Flavour/Palate: watery, metallic with bitter ash. Harsh palate. Average at best.

20081208 12oz bottle from 12 Beers of Winter pack. Dark, clear ruby brown with medium sized lasting tan head. Nice looking beer. Aroma is fruity and nutty with raisin, date, walnut notes, and some background sulfur and diacetyl. Wow, flavor is weirdly light and fruity, totally unexpected, oddly refreshing, cooling. Quickly fruity, a bit like a bite of granola, and with a nice spicy, quick finishing bite of hops. Weird stuff.

12oz bottle. Winter sampler pack. Pours clear. Medium brown color. Tall foamy light tan colored head. Great lacing. Aroma of boiled peanuts and milk chocolate. Big malts in the nose. Some pepper in the nose as well. Flavor is light. Not much malt character. Some nuttiness. Some smoke. Finishes with a bit of pepper and a spicy hop bitterness. Tasty. Not what i expected but still tasty.